The Washington critic., 1887-05-18
ITS TWENTY FIRST YEAR.
Annual Commencement Exercises of
the spencerlnn nusincss Collego.

thc spencerinn Busincss Collogc.
The twenty-frst annual commencement
Of the Spencerian Business College tool,
place yesterday afternoon at O'Clock, .aud
Albaugh's Opera-lIouse was crowded with
the friends OF the members OF the class Of
'sI. The stage was one huge bank Of
flowers, and was set as a garden scene.
Long before the hour for the exercises to
begin every seat In the house was filled,
and numerous fans were brought forth to
cool perspirlng owners. The Japanese
Minister aud suite occupied one Of the
boxes,
At 3 o'clock the Marine Band struck up
Sousa's march, "The Gladiator" and to the
music the invited guests, the faculty aud
the graduates came on the stage. THose
who were seated on the platform besides the
graduates were the principal, Henry q.
Spencer; Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Miss Clara
Barton, Paul a. Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G..
Spencer and Miss l.. Geneva Wise. The in.
vitcd guests: Commissioner Of Education
Dawson, ex-Superintendent j.. Ormond
Wilson, Judge Macarthur, Superintendent
Powell, Matthew q. Emery, General X. ID.
Mussey, A. s. Pratt and Rev. T.. u. Daniels.
The seyenty-one graduates followed from
both wings OF the stage and seated them.
selves amid the applause OF the assembled
audience.
The invocation was delivered by the Rev.
+. ID. Daniels, after which the gentlcmen's
salutatory was delivered in graceful man
ner by David X. Goldstein. "The Num-
sung by the college quartette, was well re-
celved, as was also the ladies' salutatOry,
delivered by Miss Emma Noud.
JudsOn A. LamOn gave Mark Twain's re.
ply to the toast, "The Babies,n and Miss
Anita IIendrie recltel "Robert Of Lincoln"
In such manner as to call forth an encore
from the audience. Miss Iendre showed
remarkable elocutionary ability in her two
recitations.
An grafton on " Worthy aud Unworthy
Ambition by Wharton Ethelbert Lester
closed the gentlemen's valedlctory, and
then Miss Margaret A. Kelly, In the
ladies' valedictory, reviewed the work done
by the class of 'S7.
Addresses were then made by the invited
guests, j. Ormond Wilson and Miss Clara
Barton, president OF the American Associa-
tion Of the Red Gross. Mr.. Wilson spoke OF
the great development OF business colleges
during recent years, and Endorsed the work
they were doing In advancing the women of
our country.
Miss Barton complimented Mr.. and Mrs
Spencer and gave some OF her own ex-
periences. Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer In brief
speeches spoke OF the destruction OF the
college by fire In December last, and when
they had concluded Commissioner Dawson
was introduced and delivered glowing ad-
dress to the graduates, after which he de-
livtred the diplomas to them.
The list OF graduates is as follows:
Ladies-Day Class-Flora A. Berger,
Nellie +. Burse, Anna Jean Carr, Katie 2.
Fletcher, Margaret A. Kelly, Jeannette
Ray.
Gentlemen-Day Class-Samuel II. Bog
ley, Warren II. Brenlzer, Harry Brock, ir. i;
Wilmer NJ. Browne, Benjamin +. Butter
field, Charles w. Cornwell, James NJ. Fow-
Ter, jr.; j. Frank Hamlink, VIII G. Hecox,
Charles L. HELEN, Benjamin U. Keyser,
IT,; William l.. F. King, Judson A. Lamon,
Edward +. Lawler, Wharton L. Lester,
Russell Magruder, Henry E. L. Myers,
Meyer Nordlinger, Daniel j. Normoyle,
William E. Predmore, James p. Quinn,
Francis Y. Quinlan, John B. Schroth, Bev-
erly I. Sener, Harry q. Shaffer, George b.
Sheriff, ir.; William U. Strauss, Frank A..
SwaItwout, Robert Il. Taylor, jr.; William
A. Van Doren, Maner l.. Wade, William f.
Warren, George IL. Weber, john W. X.
Young.
Ladles-Night Class-Estelle P. Adams,
Emma Noud, Mary L. Rathbone, JEANNE
N. Spears.
Gentlemen - Night Glass - Byron s.
Adams, Charles Z. Benton, Patrick j. Bren-
nan, John J. Carroll, William. A. Dorsey,
Richard w. Emmons, Seimosuki Fukuda,
David B. Goldstein, James Henry Harvell,
Henry Keller, Finis ID. Morris, Asa W.
Piper, Bernadine Smith, John Robert Sat.
ton, jr.
stenography aud Type-wrlting-Martina
Beall, Mary d. Chapman, Ruby b. Crowell,
Elizabeth NJ. Dllli, Jesse Lamb Entwisle,
Anita Hendrie, Maud NJ. Hewlett, Ellen
Leary, Clara X. A. Nelson, Robert Z. Lo-
gan, John G. Urquhart.